David Huff

Professor of Turfgrass Breeding and Genetics

210 ASI
University Park, PA
drh15@psu.edu
814-863-9805

Research Summary

Population genetics. Plant evolution and ecology. Crop improvement. Physiological tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress.

Huck Graduate Students

Matthew Sheltra

Huck Affiliations

Plant Biology

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Plant Institute

Most Recent Publications

Het ontwikkelen van straatgras cultivars voor putting greens: de research op Penn State University om het zeer gevarieerde straatgras te temmen

DR Huff, Greenkeeper: vakblad voor greenkeeping on p. 47–49

The genome of Salmacisia buchloëana, the parasitic puppet master pulling strings of sexual phenotypic monstrosities in buffalograss

Christopher Benson, Matthew Sheltra, David Huff, 2024, G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics on p. jkad238

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of Poa trivialis and population genomics reveal widespread gene flow in a cool-season grass seed production system

Caio A.C.G. Brunharo, Christopher Benson, David Huff, Jesse Lasky, 2024, Plant Direct on p. e575

Homoeologous evolution of the allotetraploid genome of Poa annua L.

Christopher Benson, Matthew Sheltra, Peter Maughan, Eric Jellen, Matthew Robbins, B Bushman, Eric Patterson, Nathan Hall, David Huff, 2023, BMC Genomics on p. 350

Chromosome-Scale Genome Assembly and Annotation of Allotetraploid Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua L.)

Matthew Robbins, B Bushman, David Huff, Christopher Benson, Scott Warnke, Chase Maughan, Eric Jellen, Paul Johnson, Peter Maughan, 2023, Genome Biology and Evolution on p. evac180

Characterization of Subgenomes and Vernalization Genes of Poa Annua and Poa Pratensis By Genome Sequencing and Annotation

Matthew Robbins, Scott Warnke, Peter Maughan, David Huff, Christopher Benson, Erik Jellen, Paul Johnson, Matthew Koch, Robert Harriman, B Bushman, 2022,

Sequenced Genomes of Allotetraploid Poa annua and Its Diploid Progenitors, Poa infirma and Poa supina, Provide Insight into the Evolution of a Versatile Polyploid

Christopher Benson, David Huff, Peter Maughan, Eric Jellen, Shaun Bushman, Matthew Robbins, 2022,

Global DNA methylation predicts epigenetic reprogramming and transgenerational plasticity in Poa annua L

Christopher Benson, Qing Mao, David R. Huff, 2021, Crop Science on p. 3011--3022

A Fully Annotated, High Quality Genomic Sequence of Buffalograss

David Huff, Christopher Benson, Keenan Amundsen, Michael Morikone, 2021,

An Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics Perspective on the Perenniality of Polyploid Annual Bluegrass, Poa annua L.

David Huff, 2021,

Most-Cited Papers

Cool-season grasses: Biology and breeding

Stacy A. Bonos, David R. Huff, 2015, on p. 591-660

Global DNA methylation predicts epigenetic reprogramming and transgenerational plasticity in Poa annua L

Christopher Benson, Qing Mao, David R. Huff, 2021, Crop Science on p. 3011--3022

Pistil smut infection increases ovary production, seed yield components, and pseudosexual reproductive allocation in buffalograss

Ambika Chandra, David R. Huff, 2014, Plants on p. 512-594

Chromosome-Scale Genome Assembly and Annotation of Allotetraploid Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua L.)

Matthew Robbins, B Bushman, David Huff, Christopher Benson, Scott Warnke, Chase Maughan, Eric Jellen, Paul Johnson, Peter Maughan, 2023, Genome Biology and Evolution on p. evac180

Homoeologous evolution of the allotetraploid genome of Poa annua L.

Christopher Benson, Matthew Sheltra, Peter Maughan, Eric Jellen, Matthew Robbins, B Bushman, Eric Patterson, Nathan Hall, David Huff, 2023, BMC Genomics on p. 350

Bluegrasses

W. F. Wedin, David R. Huff, 2015, on p. 665-690

Draft Genome sequence of Salmacisia buchloëana (Basidiomycota), which induces hermaphroditism in dioecious buffalograss

David Huff, Tom Hsiang, Ambika Chandra, Yu Zhang, 2017, Genome Announcements on p. 10--1128

Characterizing small RNA profiles in allotetraploid poa annua L. And its diploid parents

Qing Mao, David Huff, 2017, Crop Science on p. S-13-S-25

Development of ent-kaurene oxidase-based conserved intron spanning primers for species identification in the genus poa (poaceae; bluegrass)

Jonathan LaMantia, Ambika Chandra, David Huff, 2018, Agronomy on p. 58